Prathamesh Jaju is an Indian teenage boy who calls himself an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. He became famous when a photo of the moon taken by him went viral on the internet. The picture was created from over 50,000 images and contained over 186 gigabytes of data.
Wiki/Biography
Prathamesh Jaju was born in 2005 (age 16 years; as in 2021) in Pune, Maharashtra. Prathamesh completed Class 10 from Pune’s Vidya Bhawan High School amid the lockdown imposed in Maharashtra due to rising cases of Covid-19. Prathamesh is fond of astrophotography and has several high-end telescopes and cameras to pursue his hobby.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 8″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
Facts/General Knowledge
- Prathamesh Jaju started exploring the field of astrophotography as a hobby in 2018, and he couldn’t believe his photo had gone viral. In an interview he said-
I didn’t expect my image of the moon to go so viral, but yes, it is the best shot I have ever taken.
Moon captured by Prathamesh Jaju
- Prathamesh Jaju had a passion for space since childhood, and was a big fan of the science fiction films/TV franchises Star Trek and Star Wars.
- Prathamesh was 13 years old when he joined Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (JVP), India’s oldest amateur astronomy club. JVP is an NGO that offers courses in astronomy and astrophotography. They also conduct star-gazing sessions to help their students understand the sky better.
Prathamesh Jaju is trying to capture the night sky with his instruments
- Before the moon photo went viral, Jeju’s photos of planets like Mars and Jupiter were reposted by several other astrophotography-related accounts.
Photograph of Jupiter taken by Prathamesh Jaju
- It took Prathamesh four hours to click the image of the moon, and he spent three days completing the process and editing. Jaju uploaded the picture with the caption-
This image is an HDR composite of two separate images created to give it a 3 dimensional effect. This is my most detailed and clear shot of the third quarter Mineral Moon yet… I captured about 50,000+ images on 186 gigabytes of data, which nearly exhausted my laptop with processing.
- He explained the process with which he clicked the pictures in an interview with ANI. During the interview he said-
I first captured them (images) by capturing several videos on different small areas of the Moon. Each video contains approximately 2000 frames; First, we stabilize them, then we merge and stack each video into a single image. So I took about 38 videos. We now have 38 images.”
- During the interview, Prathamesh further said that he wanted to become an astrophysicist and study astronomy as his major subject, and astrophotography was just a hobby for him.
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